Language and Culture day.

On Tuesday 8^th July, we had our Language and Culture day.

Each class learnt about a different widely - spoken language and where it is spoken. They then performed what they had learned to the rest of the school at the end of the day.

Swallows learnt about Japanese as Mrs Mayall used to teach in Japan. They learnt lots of things about Japanese culture and way of life and also performed some conversations for the rest of the school as well as counting to twenty for us. They learnt that the Japanese alphabet contains very different symbols to our alphabet.

Starlings learnt that Spanish is spoken in Mexico and the historical reasons for this. They learnt about Mexican traditions and created their own paintings of Mexican lizards. Starlings also learnt a greetings song in Spanish which they performed brilliantly!

Owls learnt about Belgium as Mrs Geithner- Hill taught there. They learnt that Belgium has three official languages because it is a small country which is bordered by Germany, France and Netherlands. They looked at the Belgian world cup squad and found that half the players play in the English Premier League! They learnt about the differences and similarities between Belgian and English schools.  Owls performed Frere Jacques in French, German and Flemish for us!

Robins learnt about the different countries that Spanish is spoken in. They named Costa Rica and Columbia as some examples in their performance! They performed a counting song in Spanish and also “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” in Spanish too!

The children were very keen to learn about different languages and cultures. They are already brilliant language learners in their French lessons but it was wonderful for them to be exposed to different languages too!